[GLLUG] Re: linux-user Digest, Vol 19, Issue 20

[Chick Tower]

Funny you should ask, Mike.  Check out this recent Usenet thread.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&threadm=30mm5tF32dupaU1%40uni-berlin.de&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26group%3Dalt.os.linux.slackware

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                               Chick

On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 12:00, linux-user-request at egr.msu.edu wrote:
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:19:04 -0500
> From: Mike Simons <simonsm2 at msu.edu>
> Subject: [GLLUG]  Recursive directory search with bash
> To: Gllug List <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>

> I'm trying to setup an iTunes share on my linux box using daapd.  For 
> some reason though, the developers didn't have the program recursively 
> search the directory given in /etc/daapd.conf for audio files.   Instead 
> of modifying the source to do this myself,  I want to just make a script 
> to recursively search a certain directory for audio files  and then 
> symlink them to a different directory that I can point daapd to.  The 
> only problem I'm having with making a script is finding some way to 
> recursively search the directories.  The files are organized in folders 
> arccording to artist->albums->songs  so it is easy to do a " ln -s * 
> /web/itunes  " at the bottom of each directory.    Any insight on the 
> recursive search would be helpful.  Thanks.
> 
> -Mike Simons
>